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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
No. 290. A very ancient Greek inscription* 
which has served as an epitaph on the tomb of 
the Athenian warriors killed at Potidaea. This 
inscription, which originally consisted of twelve 
elegiac verses, has suffered from the injuries of 
time. 
No. 291. A piece of the architrave, belonging 
to the temple of Erectheus, at Athens. 
No. 292. A funeral inscription to the memory 
of Polyllus ; it consists of one line in prose, and 
two in verse. The line in prose gives us only 
the name and titles of Polyllus, and the verses 
intimate that Polystratus had erected a statue to 
the deceased, and had placed it under the protec¬ 
tion of Minerva: the marble on which this in¬ 
scription is cut, formed a part of the base on 
which the statue stood. 
No. 293. A small statue of a boy, imperfect; 
he is in the attitude of looking up. 
No. 294. Blank. 
No. 295. The capital of an Ionic column be¬ 
longing to a temple of Diana, at Daphne, in the 
road to Eleusis. 
No. 296. A female torso, covered with drapery. 
No. 297* A piece of the shaft of a small Ionic 
column, the lower part of which is fluted and reeded. 
No. 298. A Greek inscription, engraved on 
two sides of a large piece of marble. It is an 
inventory of the sacred treasures belonging to the 
Parthenon, 
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